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| DiTBho:
@SpacedCowboy thanks, you clarified my doubts :D |
| elekorsi:
I was allways fascinated by the prices of Siemens Simatic memory cards. For example, list price for the 256MB (yes, megabytes) is 364€... 32GB model will cost you an arm and a leg with the price tag of 1038€. And those are active products and not some obsolete old parts... I suspect that in the hardware they are all the same, they just make them look smaller... Oh, forgot to say, 4MB model is cheap it's only 53€ :-DD |
| amyk:
You may be able to change the HPA (Host Protected Area) size to make it appear smaller than the upper limit of the system you're putting it in. --- Quote from: elekorsi on April 27, 2022, 08:26:15 pm ---I was allways fascinated by the prices of Siemens Simatic memory cards. For example, list price for the 256MB (yes, megabytes) is 364€... 32GB model will cost you an arm and a leg with the price tag of 1038€. And those are active products and not some obsolete old parts... I suspect that in the hardware they are all the same, they just make them look smaller... Oh, forgot to say, 4MB model is cheap it's only 53€ :-DD --- End quote --- Proprietary standard means they can charge as much as they want. On the other hand, those are probably NOR flash, which is not cheap either. |
| eugene:
I suppose the OP is looking for some 4MB memory cards too. :-DD Just kidding around; I totally get his frustration. Ten years ago I bought a Synology NAS and stuffed two 2TB drives into it (RAID 1.) I thought 2 TB was ridiculous at the time and I was right; the drive is still only half full. The really sad thing is that the drives are 5.25". If one of them fails I'm not sure I could even find a replacement! |
| xrunner:
I remember I had a Radio Shack Tandy 1000 with I think a 10 or 20 MB hard drive for the thing. Man was that awesome! :-DD |
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